LAST GENERATION NETWORK NEWS/ Volume 12 Issue 10 / NEWSWIRE HEADLINES

LAST GENERATION NETWORK NEWS

Volume 12 Issue 10

NEWSWIRE HEADLINES

Secret CIA assessment says Russia aimed to help Trump win

The CIA concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to boost Donald Trump’s chances, rather than just to undermine confidence in the system, said officials briefed on the matter.
By Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller

CIA report leaves GOP leaders facing an impossible choice
By acknowledging and digging into the increasing evidence that Russia helped — or at least attempted to help — tip the scales in Donald Trump’s favor, Republicans risk raising questions about whether he would have won without Kremlin intervention.
By Aaron BlakeThe Fix

Schumer calls for full inquiry of Russian interference
The incoming Senate minority leader said the CIA findings raise the need for Congress to conduct a thorough investigation.
By Ellen Nakashima and Kristine Guerra1 hour ago

Trump team wants to know which Energy Department staffers worked on climate pact

Trump’s generals see militant Islam, Iran as dire dangers

Staggering subscriber losses for ESPN raise questions about the entire TV ecosystem Live sports often compels viewers to stick with cable, but as more consumers cut the cord, what is happening at ESPN could affect channels up and down the lineup. For Disney, one of the most powerful media companies, the problems at its sports network risk dampening its other successes.
By Brian Fung

Rio hoped for a post-Olympics boom. Instead, its crisis is getting worse.

Three months after the Summer Olympics, Brazil’s cultural hub should be riding high. Instead it is a financial, political, crime-ridden mess, with many citizens fearing that the city is doubling down on chaos and corruption.
By Dom Phillips

Brazil’s political problems are so intense that nobody knew who was running the Senate this week

Donald Trump is actually a fascist
By Michael Kinsley

A look inside the trial of Dylann Roof
By Kathleen Parker

Forget Big Brother. Fear Little Brother. This is who he is.
By Maggie Orth

The prize that Bob Dylan really deserves
By George F. Will

Medicaid has made a huge difference in my patients’ lives. Here’s how.
By Abraham M. Nussbaum

A man who rejects settled science on climate change should not lead the EPA

Spending bill approved shortly before deadline, averting federal shutdown
The Senate voted 63 to 36 to approve the measure less than an hour before the midnight deadline. Democrats had threatened a standoff over health-care benefits for retired miners and the use of U.S. steel in infrastructure projects.
By Kelsey Snell

A Marine veteran in Congress opposes the defense secretary nominee. Now other vets are insulting him
Rep. Ruben Gallego said he admires Gen. James Mattis but does not support waiving the law requiring that a military officer be out of active duty for at least seven years before heading the Pentagon.
By Dan Lamothe2 hours ago

After driver passed out from a suspected drug overdose, a child in the back seat tried to wake him
Florida police said the toddler's mother, who was a passenger in the parked vehicle, was found with drug paraphernalia.
By Lindsey Bever3 hours ago

How a British chef is changing the way Americans eat
From beef cheeks to pig feet, Richard Knight is broadening Texas's palette with unconventional, nose-to-tail cooking.

Kerry urges Russia to ‘show a little grace’ and allow Aleppo evacuation
The secretary of state's comments acknowledged that the Syrian president's strategy of demolishing the city to defeat rebels had succeeded.
By Karen DeYoung41 minutes ago

Pentagon sends more Special Ops troops to Syria ahead of assault on militant capital

Professor tells students that Trump’s election was ‘an act of terrorism’
The instructor at Orange Coast College in California is under scrutiny for post-election comments in the classroom that disparaged Donald Trump and Mike Pence.
By Peter Holley3 hours ago

The Women’s March on Washington says it has a starting location
The demonstration, scheduled the day after the inauguration and expected to attract hundreds of thousands of participants, plans to begin its rally in from of the Capitol.
By Perry Stein

Kane Brown could be the future of country music, but skeptics abound
The multiracial singer who rose through social media has flouted Nashville’s traditional rules.
By Emily Yahr

Learn how this couple is traveling everywhere on $24 a day
The New Yorkers embarked on the world's longest honeymoon — now in year five — and are teaching others that seeing the world doesn't have to break the bank.
By Sadie Dingfelder
Solo-ish

I earn more than the man I date. He cares.
Wealth has become synonymous with strength and protection.
Home & Garden

How to make a boxwood wreath
This DIY project is easy, elegant and strangely addictive.
Wellness

It may be the year to try meditation
Three minutes and three breaths can change your whole outlook, according to this guru.